Celade, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; City Population, www.citypopulation.de; INEGI, (blank); INEGI, ftp.ciesin.org/pub/data/Mexico/urb.time.mex; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de

Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:

Getty, INEGI, Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer

Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):

Localities with 2,500 inhabitants or more.

Administrative Population Edits and Notes:

Based on the comparisons between the boundary data and INEGI''s interactive map (http://galileo.inegi.gob.mx/website/mexico/viewer.htm), recent boundary divisions were accomodated in the following attribution of population:
? In Aguascalientes, the populations of El Llano and San Francisco de los Romo are added to the municipio Aguascalientes.
? In Baja California, population of Playas de Rosarito added to Tijuana.
? In Baja California Sur, population of Loreto added to Comondu; population of Los Cabos added to La Paz.
? In Campeche, population of Calakmul added to Chamopoton; population of Candelaria added to Carmen; Escarcega, Carmen and Chamopoton are merged and assigned a single, total population value.
? In Chiapas, population of Aldama added to Chenalho; populations of Benemerito de las Americas and Marques de Comillas are added to Ocosingo; population of Maravilla Tenejapa added to Las Margaritas; population of Montecristo de Guerrero added to Angel Albino Corzo; population of San Andres Duraznal added to Simojovel; and population of Santiago el Pinar added to San Adres Larrainzal; population of Union Juarez added to Cacahoatan; population of San Juan Cancuc added to Sitalla.
? In Guerrero, population of Acatepec added to Zapotitlan Tablas.
? In Mexico, population of Valle de Chalco Solidaridad added to Ixtapaluca.
? In Quintna Roo, population Solidaridad added to Cozumel.
? In San Luis Potosi, population of Matlapa added to Tamazunchale; and population of El Naranjo added to Ciudad de Maiz.
? In Sonora, populations of San Ignacio Rio Muerto and Benito Juarez are added to Huatabampo.
? In Tlaxcala:
o population of Benito Juarez added to Sanctorum de Lazaro Cardenas;
o populations of Emiliano Zapata and Lazaro Cardenas added to Terrenate;
o populations of La Magdalena Tlaltelulco and San Francisco Tetlanohcan are added to Chiautempan;
o populations of San Jeronimo Zacualpan and San Juan Huactzinco added to Tetlatlahuca; population of San Jose Teacalco added to Cuaxomulco;
o population of San Lorenzo Axocomanitla added to Zacatelco;
o population of San Lucas Tecopilco added to Xalcotan;
o poulation of Santa Ana Nopalucan added to Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros;
o population of Santa Apolonia Teacalco added to Nativitas; populations of Santa Catarina Ayometla and Santa Cruz Quilehtla are added to Xicohtzingo;
o population of Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla added to Tepeyanco; San Damian Texoloc, Panotla, Tetlahuca and Tlaxcala are merged and assigned a single, total population value.
? In Veracruz Llave, population of Carlos A. Carrillo added to Cosamaloapan; Tatahuicapan de Juarez, Soteapan, and Mecayapan are merged and asssigned a single, total population value; population of Tres Valles added to Tierra Blanca; Uxnapa, Las Choapas, Minatitilan and Hidalgotitlan are merged and assigned a single, total population; population of El Hidalgo added to Tempoal; population of Lerdo de Tejada added to Alvarado; population of Agua Dulce added to Coatzacoalcos; and population of Nanchital de Lazaro Cardenas del Rio added to Ixhuatlan del Ssureste.
? In Zacatecas, population of Trancoso are added to Guadalupe.
? In Chihuahua, population of Gomez Farias added to Temosachi.
? In Nayarit, population of Bahia de Banderas added to Compostella.
? In Sinaloa, population of Navolato added to Culiacan.
A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units.

Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:

The Estado of Oaxaca was taken from a different source and merged with the rest of the Mexico estados